1st Arrow ~ [Action/Accidental Dictation

[compromisedarrow]

[A groan filters through the journals as a man sits up in the lobby floor, holding his head.

It was the silence that got him first. No sounds of battle. Odd.

Which is why he's opening his eyes and looking around, before instantly drawing his last arrow and notching it.]

What the hell-?!

[A pause.]

Captain? Stark? Thor? Someone report?

[A pause.]

Damn. This is Agent Barton, calling any SHIELD Operatives in the vicinity of... Fancy Lobby. Someone please respond?

[Despite sounding urgent, the man's voice is oddly calm. Anyone wandering into the lobby will get an arrow aimed right at them. What do?]

((OOC: As open as an open thing. Possible Avengers Spoilers in the comments. Enjoy!))

Comments

[valuedstrength]

[Guess who is wandering in right when he mentions Stark and Thor? This guy. He is actually on his way to work as usual. Lucky for him he always walks into the best stuff.]

You know Howard Stark? [His surprise by that is quickly dismissed by the fact he's got a weapon out in a busy lobby. Steve frowns and makes no other moves for now. He's confident he can get out of the way if need be and doesn't want to spook this guy.]

You should put that down before someone mistakes you for an enemy.

[ Dictated ]

[loves_osaka]

I don't know who any of those guys are but I can tell that ya just arrived somewhere you don't know where. And if the lobby is new to ya then that means that you yerself must be new.

[compromisedarrow]

[Clint pauses for a second, eyeing Steve. He wasn't wearing that stuff ten minutes ago...

He lowers the bow.]

Cap... [A pause] Howard Stark? No. Tony. Y'know? He's got the fancy metal suit, bad sense of humour.

[Dictated]

[is0latedthinker]

[He's never heard of any of these people or whatever this shield organization he's talking about is, but someone is better than nobody in his book.]

Hello? Are you alright?

dictated

[compromisedarrow]

[Okay, that voice didn't come from his transceiver.]

Who's there? I'd recommend coming out before I have to find you.

[Again, his tone is calm. He hasn't noticed the journal before his feet yet...]

[Action]

[tres_iqus]

[You have a bow. He has giant guns. Now what?]

Warning; lower your weapon.

[Dictated]

[compromisedarrow]

I will be when disembodied voices stop talking to me.

dictated

[loves_osaka]

I'm not sayin' ya couldn't find me. Wouldn' exactly be hard considerin' my names post t' my door, however, I'm not exactly in th' same room as you.

...You know about th' journals right? Everythin' should be explained inside 'em.

[Action]

[compromisedarrow]

[Okay, who the hell was this guy. Clint's not lowering his bow, though.]

Nuh-uh. You lower your weapon, and I'll see about not hurting you.

[Dictated]

[is0latedthinker]

[A new arrival to the Castle, obviously.]

Do you see an open journal nearby?

It works like a walkie-talkie. If you have those in your world.

dictated

[compromisedarrow]

Journals?

[He looks down for a second, before crouching to pick up the book he spotted.]

What is this?

[valuedstrength]

[Steve is visibly confused. Cap? Was this someone he meets with Bucky later on in the War? If that was the case he would know Howard not this Tony that was mentioned to him early in his time in the castle.]

Tony Stark? You mean the fella who used to run Peace Patrol?

[Dictated]

[compromisedarrow]

[Picking up the book now.]

Looks like no walkie-talkie I've ever seen. Who are you?

dictated

[loves_osaka]

I'm gonna guess yer journal. Inside it ya should find an explanation about the journals. In th' mean time, I'm Heiji Hattori, detective.

[compromisedarrow]

[Clint is less-visibly confused.]

Captain, what is going on? Where are we?

[tres_iqus]

Negative. You cannot damage me with a bow; you are in clear disadvantage.

Defense mode activated.

This is Cair Paradisa; you are endangering civilians, and I will incapacitate you if you do not comply.

[Dictated]

[is0latedthinker]

It doesn't run on electricity. [It runs on magic. :|]

I'm Alan Bradley. Welcome to Paradisa.

[valuedstrength]

[Steve lets the question drop and answers him seriously. He may not be the Captain yet from his perspective, but he's still the same man. He knows to focus on what's important.]

Cair Paradisa. It's a sentient castle that pulls in people from different worlds, times, and places. We're not too clear on the why, but we do know it takes something from the people it brings here. Something important to us. Feel like anything is missing, Agent Barton?

dictated

[compromisedarrow]

[There's a flipping noise.]

How does this work? [Its like nothing he's seen before.]

Name's Clint.

[accidentalrebellion]

[Guess who else is in the vicinity of Fancy Lobby today? It's this girl, fresh from one of her many jaunts out in the woods. (And thus fully equipped with her own bow and quiver of arrows.) Really, as far as Paradisa goes, it had been a relatively normal day.

... Until, out of the corner of her eye, she spots something being aimed at her. She stops dead in her tracks.]

[compromisedarrow]

[A quick glance to his notched arrow. Armour piercing tip, but it wasn't a special arrow. More's the pity. He doesn't want to use it if necessary.]

We'll see about that.

[He's smirking slightly. He loved it when people underestimated him.]

I'll lower my weapon when there's no danger.

[Dictated]

[compromisedarrow]

What does it run on? [He's used to non-terrestrial power. :|]

I'm Clint. What's Paradisa?

[tres_iqus]

[Priestbot is not impressed. =| ]

Negative. You are the current threat. You have 30 seconds to comply, or I will open fire.

[compromisedarrow]

Not that I know.

[Not that he's thinking about that right now.]

Look, we've gotta get outta here... Loki's levelling New York, remember?

Action!

[chubbycreampuff]

[ Kirby had been getting used to his human body. He was just wandering around aimlessly when he noticed the stranger. He kind of stood still as the arrow pointed at him, raising his hands a little in a panic. ]

P-Poyo?!